Gov. Mike Huckabee, who got the ball rolling on last August’s wildly successful Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, has a new cause. Tomorrow, Jan. 5, is Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day, and more than 42,000 have signed up to attend via the event’s Facebook page.
Stand with Hobby Lobby in their fight for freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Find out more at http://t.co/ajMAUDhP
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) January 3, 2013
Obama admin. insists that companies like Hobby Lobby bow their knees to the God of govt healthcare mandates http://t.co/yP828SY7
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) January 4, 2013
As Twitchy reported, Hobby Lobby faces fines of up to $1.3 million per day for refusing to comply with the Obamacare mandate that it provide employees with contraceptive coverage, including morning-after pills. In an open letter, Hobby Lobby CEO David Green noted that more than a thousand companies have been granted Obamacare waivers.
Our government threatens to fine job creators in a bad economy. Our government threatens to fine a company that’s raised wages four years running. Our government threatens to fine a family for running its business according to its beliefs. It’s not right. I know people will say we ought to follow the rules; that it’s the same for everybody. But that’s not true. The government has exempted thousands of companies from this mandate, for reasons of convenience or cost. But it won’t exempt them for reasons of religious belief.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Dec. 26 denied Hobby Lobby’s request for an emergency injunction to block the mandate pending a hearing, arguing that the company is not a religious organization but a for-profit business.
Supporters are hoping their participation tomorrow will send a message.
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Hobby Lobby tomorrow: http://t.co/xknpEfkB
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 4, 2013
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Jan 5 is Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day!! Support this great store for standing up for right!! Pass it on!
— Yvonne Tunks Wilson (@YvonneWilson6) January 1, 2013
Help #HobbyLobby fight the #HHSmandate – visit http://t.co/ZcsjVQRL!
— Joe Grabowski (@ArthurInglewood) December 31, 2012
Huck:If Hobby Lobby's forced to eat the king's meat&bow on their knees to human govt,how long'll it be before they come for YOU&YOUR FAMILY?
— K. C. Boyd (@KCBoyd3) January 4, 2013
Christians should be thankful for David Green's leadership and the example he is setting. Don't give up Mr. Green! http://t.co/OsFrrBmr
— Jonathan Francis (@MBAtheBibleWay) January 4, 2013
As with Papa John’s Pizza, Applebee’s and others, Obamacare supporters have rumbled about a boycott, accusing businesses of caring less about their employees’ health than about profit.
David Green CEO Hobby Lobby thinks his retail business is a church
I feel bad for his employees, he assumes they're his wives #religion ?
— Cheaptarts ??? (@Cheaptarts) January 4, 2013
CEO David Green Hobby Lobby a #GOP #oldwhiteguy 71 yrs OLD
He's using religion as an excuse not provide #Obamacare benefits for women #$
— Cheaptarts ??? (@Cheaptarts) January 4, 2013
The very real threat of millions in fines, though, would seem to indicate that Hobby Lobby and others are prepared to go out of business rather than compromise on abortion. One “appreciation day” can’t possibly offset that sort of loss, but will it send a message?
@buckyball360 I don't think Hobby Lobby is going to win this one. Our government doesn't care abt religious freedom anymore. Prayers for USA
— Jason Kaundart (@TheYarddart) January 4, 2013
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